Not exact matches
Elgato, with its Eve line of smart
home products is one of the first companies to come
out with
home accessories that integrate with Apple's HomeKit
home automation platform, and it's the very first company to produce a Bluetooth - enabled HomeKit product.The Eve system, which consists of a weather station, an indoor room monitor, a door / window sensor, and a smart outlet, is one of five HomeKit - compatible
products that became available for purchase in June.
I've been wanting to purchase some
home automation products for a while now but I've been waiting for all of this HomeKit stuff to shake
out.
It's been more than six months since Apple first introduced HomeKit at its June 2014 Worldwide Developers Conference, but HomeKit - compatible
products have yet to hit store shelves and may not do so until this spring, almost a year after Apple first detailed its
home automation system.HomeKit's launch has gone slower than expected, and according to sources that spoke to Re / code, the two major reasons were a «slower - than - expected» launch of the HomeKit MFi program, which began in November, and the late launch of chip specifications, which weren't sent
out to chip makers until October.
And as I've built things
out, set up
automations, cut back, expanded, swapped
out products, upgraded devices, and more, I've come to realize there are a few apps, tools, and
products that have made my smart
home experience a delight.